PRYOR, ROGER A
\pɹˈa͡ɪə], \pɹˈaɪə], \p_ɹ_ˈaɪ_ə]\
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born in 1828, was a special commissioner to Greece in 1855. He represented Virginia in the U.S. Congress as a Democrat from 1859 to 1861. He became a brigadier-general in the Confederate service, and since the war has been a prominent lawyer in New York.
By John Franklin Jameson